Chapter 249: Baby Shotgun
For Shi Lei's invitation, of course, Lincoln agreed without hesitation, especially when he heard Shi Lei say that he had some antique weapons and armor on hand, Lincoln was even more interested.
At the appointed time, Lincoln came to the door with his female companion Elizabeth with a smile on her face.
Elizabeth is now a well-known actress in Hollywood, with Lincoln as a matchmaker, and some people are willing to let Elizabeth play some characters like the second female lead.
And Elizabeth herself is beautiful enough, and she is not lacking in acting skills, and she is still comfortable in controlling these supporting actresses, so she can often be seen in various movies in recent years, which is a bit of a gold medal supporting actress.
As for the position of the heroine, she still has to rely on her own hard power to fight for herself, and other film companies also have to consider their own performance.
Speaking of which, the current relationship between Lincoln and Elizabeth is a bit strange, as far as the public relationship is concerned, the two belong to the state of having passed friends and not yet having lovers.
There are too many kinds of relationships between men and women on this Midi's side, there are pure friendship relationships, there are ordinary friends but often go to Dunlun together, there are one-night relationships, there are those who maintain a fixed relationship but do not delay each other to go out to find excitement and allow each other, and there are those who seem to be boyfriend and girlfriend relationships, but they have always claimed to be ordinary friends to the outside world.
Lincoln and Elizabeth are now somewhat similar to the last one. For this situation, Shi Lei can only be regarded as Elizabeth or Lincoln's ordinary girlfriend, not a boyfriend and girlfriend who have officially established a relationship.
Although the two of them often start some formal dates between boyfriends and girlfriends with dessert and drinking red wine or something. But according to the habit of Midi's side, as long as the other party does not personally say "you be my boyfriend or girlfriend", the relationship between two people cannot be positioned as a formal boyfriend and girlfriend.
In fact, Lincoln basically didn't go out to fool around except for Elizabeth, unless he met a playboy like Robinson and needed to deal with the situation.
And at this point, Shi Lei belongs to the very conservative kind, and he first established a boyfriend and girlfriend relationship with Laura on the ranch, and then the two lived together. That's why the relationship between the two was blessed by Laura's family at the beginning.
This time, Shi Lei's marriage proposal, Laura's family knew about it earlier than Laura, who was the party concerned. They all chose to agree, because Shi Lei's attitude towards this relationship has always been very satisfying to them.
This is also something that Elizabeth envies every time she sees Laura, but she has been hiding it well.
"I heard that your marriage proposal was successful, congratulations, Shi Lei, you finally succeeded in holding the beauty. But as Laura's older brother, I'm on Laura's side, and you have to be nice to Laura. If you let me know you're bullying Laura, hum ......"
Lincoln went up and hugged Shi Lei warmly, and after snorting twice threateningly, Lincoln also punched Shi Lei lightly.
Of course, he only dared to say it on his lips, if he really wanted to beat Shi Lei, he would only be killed by Shi Lei in seconds. Shi Lei's current fighting level is completely high, and Tony, the master among them, has no pressure, let alone Lincoln.
Shi Lei only smiled at Lincoln's threat, and after Lincoln finished speaking, he invited both of them in. Elizabeth, who was on the side, couldn't hide her envy and glanced at Laura, so she packed up her mood and walked in with Lincoln.
Of course, this meal was cooked by Shi Lei, who had prepared four hairy crabs before, and also let Lincoln taste the delicious food from the big foodie country. As for the Dungeness crab, Shi Lei planned to keep it and sell it for money, and for Lincoln, it was really not a rare thing, but hairy crabs were rarely exposed to before.
In addition, Shi Lei also prepared a fresh tuna, and there were a few dishes that were simply made after Lincoln and they arrived, such as tuna sashimi. Other Shi Lei also picked up his own specialty dishes and prepared some.
The meal prepared by Shi Lei successfully conquered the taste buds of the two guests, which can be seen from Lincoln and Elizabeth's unstoppable cutlery and mouths.
After the meal, Shi Lei took Lincoln to see the weapons and armor harvested this time, and Laura accompanied Elizabeth to talk about fashion and other topics. Elizabeth also expressed her sincere wishes to Laura with envy. It seems that she also hopes to be able to reconcile with Lincoln.
Shi Lei and Laura are happy to see this. As far as the two of them know, Elizabeth should be a good match for marriage, of course, for Lincoln's conditions and his current position.
Such a well-behaved woman, who is not lacking in popularity and affinity, is still more favorable to Lincoln's future political career.
After seeing several of Shi Lei's weapons and armor, Lincoln carefully studied various objects. The two Manchester lever-operated rifles Lincoln was the first to get his hands on them, but he only looked at them a little and put them down gently, apparently not interested in the two weapons.
Against the helmet and cuirass, Lincoln rubbed for a moment. After looking at the inside and outside of the armor, he put them down and walked over to two beautifully carved antique shotguns.
Judging by the cautious manner with which he picked up the shotgun, it was clear that he cherished the two antique shotguns very much.
After taking out the two shotguns separately, carefully examining them all up and down, and carefully opening the buckle of the chamber, and checking the shotgun's withdrawal and barrel condition, he breathed a sigh of relief and carefully put the two shotguns back into their respective cases.
When he raised his head, Shi Lei could clearly see excitement and anticipation on Lincoln's face.
"Stone, our relationship is good enough, right? How about selling me these two shotguns? Rest assured, buddy will definitely give you a high price. Lincoln came up and offered to buy both shotguns, and it seemed that he was very fond of both antique shotguns.
"With our relationship, I must have no problem selling you. But these are my trophies, and I'm sure I'm going to keep a handful. I
I also think this thing sounds beautiful, but I don't know what their value is. Isn't Laura saying that you are an expert in this area, so I thought of asking you to help identify it. Shi Lei looked at Lincoln with a smile and said.
Anyway, Shi Lei had decided that he could sell one to Lincoln, and if he really couldn't stand it, it would be nothing to sell both of them. Shi Lei just thinks this thing is very beautiful, and since he also likes guns, it's good to keep one. And this gun seems to be completely usable, if it is used for hunting, it is estimated that 13 squares should be very high.
"Oh, you said you'd sell me. Well, just a handful is fine. Lincoln was overjoyed when he heard Shi Lei's reply, and hurriedly took the words to squeeze Shi Lei first. Shi Lei nodded with a wry smile next to him, affirming Lincoln's words.
"You just said this is a trophy? How did you get here? Of course, if I can't say it, I don't ask, I don't have it. Lincoln recalled the information mentioned in Shi Lei's words just now, and asked with interest. Shi Lei adapted the discovery of a shipwreck on the bottom of the sea in the process of proposing to Laura, and sued Lincoln.
"You're lucky...... It's really envious, jealous and hateful, who would have thought that you would find a place to propose, and you could have such a big gain.
No, I decided to reject the previous idea, I want to take the best one from you, save me from being psychologically unbalanced. Lincoln feigned indignation.
"Alright, you can take whatever you like. But you'll have to tell me where they came from. I don't know anything about them. Shi Lei urged.
"Then let me, the expert, give you some answers." Lincoln said pretending to be proud.
"I don't need to say much about those two lever rifles, they are relatively common antique guns on the market, and it's up to you to sell them or collect them.
Both of these pieces of armor are relatively well-known and were designed by Pompeo, a well-known craftsman in northern Italy at the time. Created by De La Chesa, the surface is decorated with plants and some war scenes, which is very beautiful.
In my experience, the sale price is expected to be between 150,000 and 200,000 euros, and there are only two main pieces here, not a complete set of full body armor, of course, the owner did not need the full body armor at that time.
But I happen to have a whole set of armor for this craftsman, so I won't rob you of this, and you can do whatever you want. If you put it up for auction, it's best to wait until the armor's special auction.
I build yƬ you still keep it as your own collection, this house does not put such two years of display items, do you not think that the shortcomings of the atmosphere, the house will look empty? After Lincoln explained in detail,
"As for these two cute little babies," Lincoln said about the last two antique shotguns, and the whole tone changed, and even with a little spoiling, Shi Lei felt goosebumps rising when he heard it.
"Both of these antique shotguns are masterpieces of the early years of the Pudley shotgun. The person who made the gun was the founder of the brand, Mr. Pudley himself.
The master in charge of carving is also very famous, named Harry. Kyle, so the gun also has his gilt signature. The master carver has been making guns for more than 50 years, and only after the completion of his skills in his later years will his hand-signed version of the gold wire name be left behind. There are only a handful of works with this signature.
You must know that one of his apprentices is also a well-known Ken. Hart, a still alive carver. If you go to order a Pudley shotgun now, ask this master carver to make a shot, the price of this gun will increase by at least 90,000 US dollars, which is the least, if it takes a lot of man-hours, the price is difficult to say.
This is still the current price, so you can imagine how expensive this gun was at the time. This delicate pattern alone can easily be exchanged for a top-of-the-line sports car.
And if you order this gun now, the vertical type is 30,000 US dollars more expensive than the flat double-barreled shotgun, which is also just the current price.
So, obviously, this is the vertical shotgun I'm going to choose. Hey, I'm missing a beautiful upright Pudley. I didn't expect you to send it to the door. āR1152